The season 2 finale of Taylor Sheridan‘s Landman finally revealed if Sam Elliott‘s character slept with Francesca Xuereb‘s Cheyenne, who is the show’s stripper turned physical therapist.
During the Sunday, January 18, episode of the hit Paramount+ series, Cheyenne (Xuereb) made an appearance at breakfast in the Norris household. Her state of undress made Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) think Cheyenne hooked up with his dad, T.L (Elliott), to which she replied, “You are the one who said handjob.”
Tommy cornered T.L. to tell him what happened the night before.
“She spent the night. The battery died in her camera,” T.L. said before shutting down Tommy’s follow-up questions. “No. 1, it is none of your f***ing business. No. 2 is none of your business either.”
He continued: “Her car battery died. We slept, that is all we did. And I got to hold a beautiful woman in my arms for the first time in 50 years. Today I feel better than I felt in decades. So I would appreciate if you would not f*** that feeling up to me. Good for the body and the soul.”
Cheyenne remained by T.L.’s side when Tommy asked them to come meet him at the end of the episode. Tommy told son Cooper (Jacob Lofland) to call Cheyenne, saying, “She’s probably under stripper.”
Cooper, however, pointed out that his dad had multiple strippers in his phone: Jasmine, Harmony and Destiny. Tommy defended himself, adding, “It is all for work.”
Elliott was introduced earlier this season. The actor previously told ExtraTV that he was booked for two years on Landman. After working with creator Sheridan on 1883, Elliott opened up about coming back for Landman.
“[With T.L.’s story line], it’s just on the page. I had time to think about it. I just wanted to be open to whatever comes my way,” he explained to Variety in November 2025. “When you have that kind of material, you don’t look at a piece of material, or at least I don’t look at a piece of material, and say, ‘I’d really love to cry here,’ or, ‘Really love to make the audience cry,’ or whatever. It just has to come naturally.”
Elliott was thrilled to bring Sheridan’s work to life, adding, “One of the great gifts about Taylor’s material is that it just allows that kind of emotion to flow. I spent a good part of my time in tears this entire season, so it wasn’t something I expected, but it’s just something that happened.”
The actor related T.L.’s story to his own life.
“I’ve spent a good portion of my life growing up in the outdoors, and there’s something about Taylor’s material that I feel like it hinges on that in some respect. That really speaks deeply to me,” Elliott, who shares a daughter with wife Katharine Ross, explained. “It’s this man connected to the ground, what comes up out of the ground. It’s certainly not like 1883 where we’re out in the elements and all that all the time, but there’s something about what I value personally.”
He continued: “It’s like where I live. I live on the western end of Malibu. I’ve been there for 50 years with my wife and daughter. That takes me away from L.A. completely, and it’s a choice I’ve made. It’s probably not the smartest choice in terms of pursuing a career in the movie business.”
Elliott found it easy to relate to the challenges his character faces. “There’s something about this guy sitting in a wheelchair at 81 or 82 years old, however old he is, watching the sun go down. I mean, I don’t know how much more to say about it than that. There’s a reason for that,” he concluded. “He’s drawn to that, and he talks about it in episode 2, the light and the dust and the heat and the lack of moisture and the things we hate about that country. It hates us all day, and then it gives us this sunset. Those elements speak very, very strongly to me.”
Landman is currently streaming on Paramount+.
